[1][2] This medieval Hungarian painting shows the Visitation of St. Elisabeth and the Virgin Mary.

This idyll, however, is just an illusion - the bare rocks, twisted trees, beautiful and delicate flowers - iris, peony, strawberries in the foreground, are subtle symbols of the passion.

Elizabeth makes homage to the Virgin Mary to show her devotion by slightly raising her left hand to kiss her.

The painting once hung in the Church of Saint Catherine in Selmecbánya (today Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia).

[2] Other paintings from the altar of the church are kept in Lille, France, Svätý Anton in Slovakia and the Christian Museum in Esztergom, Hungary.